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EDUCATION: Associates Degree, Art, Southwestern College, San Diego, CA, 1977; Continued education in quilting industry by attending workshops and/or seminars several times each year; continues to study and research quilt history. Took the AQS “Appraisal Certification” classes at Vermont Quilt Festival in 2004. EXPERIENCE: Began making quilted pillows in 1973 (self-taught); first full-size quilt completed in 1984.Teacher of Basic Quiltmaking (adult Ed) 1988 to present. Teaches various workshops throughout the Eastern Coast of the US. Lecturer on "History of American Quilting" from 1990 to present; presentations to numerous local organizations, historical societies, and schools. Does quilt history consulting (incl. “Antique Quiltathon” sessions: verbal appraisals of antique quilts). Does small-scale quilt commissions. Designs original quilt patterns, including a popular series of mystery quilts under the pen name of “Merry Mayhem’s Mystery Quilts.” Invented and copyrighted the "Gridded Geese" system to mass-produce Flying Geese units, 1994. Works part-time at Calico N Cotton, a quilt shop in Ocean City, NJ since 1999. Faculty member of Quilt University (www.QuiltUniversity.com) from 2000-2004. Vermont Quilt Festival instructor 2002, 2003, 2006 & 2008; NJ Quilt Convention instructor, June 2003, 2006. Guest curator of quilt exhibit (“Out of the Trunk”) at the Cape May Co. Historical Museum, Sept.’05-Apr. 2006. Taught on 5-day Quilt-N-Cruise to Canada, June 2006. MEMBERSHIPS: American Quilter's Society, 1986 to present; American Quilt Study Group, 1990 to present; Regional Coordinator for AQSG in Southern N.J., 1992 to present; National Quilting Association, 1986 to present; South Shore Stitchers (local guild), 1985 to present, Treas. 1991 to 1993, Co-Chairman of 1993, 2003 & 2005 Quilt Shows, Vice Pres., 1994, Pres. 1995, Program chair 1997/98; Tri-State Quiltmaking Teachers (now Quilt Professionals’ Network) 1990 to present, Treas. for 1992-93, '96-97, and ‘99-2003 terms, Pres. for 1994-95 term; State Quilt Guild of NJ, charter member 1997, guild Treas. & Newsletter Editor 1997-99 & 2001-04, Pres. 2005-07; member of original Board of Directors, Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts (Millville, NJ), July 1999 to Jan. 2000. Established, and still leads “Gilda's Quilter’s” at Gilda’s Club in Linwood, NJ Apr. 2002 to present. AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS: Nominated for Professional Quilter magazine’s “Teacher of the Year” in 2003 & 2008. Taped a segment about collecting antique quilts on PAX Network's show Treasures in Your Home, Jan. 2000; aired 1/28/2000. Interviewed in "Quiltmaker Tales" video special taped by NJN during the State Quilt Guild of NJ's first statewide quilt show, Nov. '99; "Thanks for the Memories" quilt featured; won a First Place ribbon for "Liberty" quilt. Viewer Tip appeared on Sewing with Nancy PBS program; Part 3 of the "Quilting Options" series, first aired in Fall 1991; also published in "501 Sewing Hints" by Nancy Zieman, published by Oxmoor House. Has won awards in quilt block contests, including: Quilter's Newsletter Magazine's 20th Anniv. Contest, 1989; 2nd Generation Sunbonnet Family Reunion Block Contest sponsored by Groves Publishing, 1990 (Bertha Corbett Award). PUBLICATIONS: Numerous patterns, articles and photos published in magazines, including McCall’s Quilting, McCall’s Quick Quilting, Quiltworks Today, Traditional Quiltworks, Quilting Today, American Quilter, & Ladies’ Circle Patchwork Quilts. “Turning Point” included in the book, Heirloom Quilts from Old Tops; Krause Publications, 2001. Sponsored Quilting Today magazine's Flying Geese Challenge in Issue 75 (Oct. 1999); “Reds and Whites and Blues All Over!” quilt publ. in Issue 83. Columnist for The Country Register of Del/NJ on Quilting, Dec. 1998 to April 2000. Article, "The Value of Networking" in Summer 1996 issue of Professional Quilter magazine. Subject of a feature article in Issue 35 of Quilting Today magazine, April 1993. EXHIBITS: Solo exhibit at NJ Quilt Convention, June 2008.Solo exhibit at Down Jersey Folklife Center, WheatonArts.org in Millville, NJ from Jan. 25-Mar. 31, 2008; "ArchiteXture" wall hanging included in "Back to School" invitational exhibit at Museum of the American Quilter's Society, Paducah, KY, Oct. 1999 thru Jan. 8, 2000; Paley Design Center, Phila., PA May-Aug. 2000; Museum of the American Quilter's Society, Paducah, KY in April 2001. Down Jersey Folklife Center, Wheaton Village,Millville, NJ, Dec. 1996; "East Point Lighthouse" quilt on permanent loan, June 1997 to present; also solo exhibit March/April 1998. "Reflections in the Eye of a Needle", group exhibit, Oct.-Dec. 1994, Brian Parent Center, Millville, NJ. "Primarily Pablo" jacket included in the 1992 Hoffman Challenge Clothing Collection traveling exhibit, Oct. 1992 to Dec. 1993. OTHER INTERESTS: Manages a local cemetery; owns Sc... |
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